File:FMIB 47824 Crate containing adult crabs for observation It measured 2 by 2 by 4 feed and consisted of an iron frame covered with chicken.jpeg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file(857 × 561 pixels, file size: 147 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Author
English: Churchill, E. P., Jr.
Description
English: Crate containing adult crabs for observation. It measured 2 by 2 by 4 feed and consisted of an iron frame covered with chicken wire fencing with a 1-inch mesh. It was divided into four vertical compartments to prevent the crabs crowding together and to prevent the escape of all the crabs in case the wire was torn at any point. A wire bail was attached at each end and brought together over the top in the middle. To their point of union a wire was secured by which the crate was lowered and raised
  • Subject: Crab pots
  • Tag: Shellfish
Date 1921.00
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Accession number
Source/Photographer
English: Churchill, E. P., Jr. (1921) Life History of the Blue Crab, Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, vol. 36, 1917-1918, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Public domain This is a photograph from the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank at the University of Washington. Materials in the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank are in the public domain. No copyright permissions are needed. Acknowledgement of the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank as a source for borrowed images is requested.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current14:42, 19 September 2015Thumbnail for version as of 14:42, 19 September 2015857 × 561 (147 KB)BMacZeroBot (talk | contribs)